Archive for May, 2009

Just because school is out doesn’t mean a child should stop learning.  Summer is a great time to a young person to learn, or enhance a new skill.  There are many great programs to help assist parents in this manner.  Summer sports camps are often a great vehicle to fulfill this parental desire, while also being very popular with kids.

According to summeradventurescamp.com,

“Tennis summer camps offer children and teens the opportunity to practice their tennis in a more intense way than by just taking lessons. Spending every day on the court will really get the juices flowing and instill those proper movements and skills in any child.”

A tennis camp will also offer a much more well rounded day than clinics at the park or at the tennis camp.  Typically, overnight camps offer between 4-6 hours of tennis each day, but the good ones, also fill their days with well-planned social and recreational activities as well.  SAC goes on to point out,

“Most kids will benefit from a variety of activities along with their tennis. Spending all day practicing is not a good thing for children. They need to have different occupations in order to meet all of their developmental needs. For this reason, tennis summer camps are arranged in such a way that children are not required to be on the court all day, every day.

Some tennis summer camps that are local, provide a day camp schedule. This means that children attend each day, but return home in the evenings to their normal family life. In this way, the child doesn’t miss on anything at home, and is able to keep variety in their life.

Other camps are residential and might last up to a few weeks. In this type of camp a lot of time is spent on tennis, but there are other activities as well. Children will get a typical summer camp experience, with special emphasis placed on tennis.”

What ever the best fit is for your young child, take a look at skill development, not only at tennis camps, but all types of sports camps as well this summer.